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The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says the wildfire in a remote area near Spring Hill Road in Burlington County's Penn State Forest broke out early Saturday afternoon. (Courtesy of Amy Miller Shaman)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Forest fire closes Route 72 in Burlington County, N.J.

A major forest fire has closed a state highway that links to the Jersey Shore, authorities say. 

7 years ago

Pope Francis, pictured earlier this week, unveiled a new mandatory-reporting edict on Friday. It requires any Vatican official who learns of an allegation of abuse within the city-state or by Vatican officials to report it to Vatican prosecutors. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
NPR
International
Public Safety
Religion

Pope Francis: Vatican officials required to report sex abuse allegations or face jail time

Pope Francis issued a new decree making it mandatory for Vatican officials to report allegations of sexual abuse to authorities or face possible jail time.

7 years ago

The Cape May-Lewes Ferry (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/WHYY)
Delaware
New Jersey
Public Safety

Cape May-Lewes Ferry stranded for hours in Delaware Bay

An engine malfunction on a ferry running from New Jersey to Delaware left more than 100 passengers stranded for several hours.

7 years ago

The Social Security Administration is reviving a practice from a decade ago of sending letters out to employers when Social Security numbers don't match their records. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Immigration
National

Social Security revives ‘no match’ letters amid broader immigration crackdown

Immigration authorities said employers should look at these letters as evidence that their employees are undocumented.

7 years ago

This Eastern redbud tree outside WHYY studios will bloom in a few weeks, and that thought delights Sally McCabe, associate director of community education at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

Exulting in Philly’s great treasure of blossoming trees

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society educator, Sally McCabe talks the timeline of trees as they get ready to burst into blossom.

7 years ago

Listen 6:09
Protesters gather for a vigil outside the north gate of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. (Tim Lambert/WITF)
Energy
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Civil disobedience at Three Mile Island vigil

'Sometimes you have to teach the younger generation that they have to come out and cross a line to make a point.'

7 years ago

Fans gather for Phillies opening day against the Atlanta Braves at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia Thursday March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Philadelphia
Sports

‘We’re definitely playoff bound,’ thousands of Phillies fans concur on opening day

On first day of baseball season, Phillies fans streamed to Citizens Bank Park. Many see right fielder Bryce Harper as the team’s ticket to the playoffs.

7 years ago

Philly rowhouses
Housing
Real Estate
Broke In Philly

Why doesn’t Philadelphia have rent control like many other big cities?

We used to have it — and housing advocates are pushing for a return.

7 years ago

Aerial view of Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pa., scene of a nuclear accident, Thursday, March 28, 1979. The plant started leaking radioactive steam contaminating the area. (AP Photo)
Radio Times
History
Pennsylvania

Listeners share memories of the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown

On the 40th anniversary of the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania residents remember where they were and how they felt that day.

7 years ago

Undated images of Ashley Combs, 17, of Toms River. (Images courtesy of family attorney Jef Henninger)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Police charge biological dad, two others with hiding missing Shore teen

Three adults are facing charges, authorities said, for concealing the location of a missing New Jersey girl while police were looking for her.

7 years ago

A woman speaks on her phone while driving. Both drivers and walkers use cell data 4,000 percent more than they did in 2008, which means they aren't watching the roads (Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Why pedestrian deaths are at a 30-year high

Across the U.S., 6,227 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in 2018, the highest number in nearly 30 years.

7 years ago

Marion Johnson, active in the community for close to 40 years, goes in a head to head with a representative of VisionQuest during a community gathering hosted by Councilwoman Cherelle Parker, on Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Immigration
Philadelphia

North Philly neighbors decry plans for immigrant youth shelter, citing track record

VisionQuest wants to open a 60-bed facility for unaccompanied immigrant youth in North Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood.

7 years ago

Gary Clark Jr. (Courtesy of WME)
Things To Do
March 28 - April 3, 2019

Raise a glass of wine, cheer on the Phils, or take your pick of jazz, rock, R&B

You can celebrate “The Crown” in Delaware, take in a baseball game or hear music from legends in the making − and legends taking their last bow.

7 years ago

Listen 4:50
James Smith Jr. rents a room in Victor Pickney's rooming house. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
PlanPhilly

Rooms for rent: Inside Philadelphia’s shadow housing market

One year ago, a family died in a Philadelphia rooming house fire. City officials promised reform. Nothing has changed.

7 years ago

In this May 22, 2017 file photo shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa.. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
PA Post

40 years after Three Mile Island accident, debate over safety of nuclear energy still goes back and forth

Forty years after the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island changed the trajectory of nuclear energy in this country, the debate over its safety and viability continues.

7 years ago

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